California NorCal Jeep adventures!
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The last storm dumped some snow above 6000’ but I think it’s mostly gone except at higher elevations.
I’d like to, but other commitments have me cornered.
I’ll have to settle for pictures.
OP
Dang! So far for me for a day trip, with a fresh Swayloc ready to flex and all!
OP
I know! The jeep is handling very well right now. I might even be able to keep up with you! Lol!
OP
Maybe we should do a High Lakes run? I can be in Paradise in 2ish hours, so not as bad.This is where I’m at.
I’d be up for that. Haven’t been up there since the Dixie fire.
OP
Yeah it's been a few years for me as well. @Thunderhead and I went thru there a year before the Paradise fire. Hate to admit it, but I got us lost after we got to the southern end where the sign is. Ended up on a revolving loop of logging roads with locked gates. Good times.
OP
Not when it's getting dark and I keep running in to locked gates, lol!
OP
My buddy at work did the high lakes last Saturday.
He said the made to the lakes no problem then back.
He said the made to the lakes no problem then back.
I don’t think he made it to Morris or Saddle. If he did, I want to see pictures.
OP
There’s several trails that are quite challenging, Morris, it’s a lot like many of the trails in Johnson Valley, very rocky and short. Saddle has a vertical wall that keeps most people out, Pipe Jam is another one. Most of the lakes you can drive a stock vehicle to right now because the forest service has an ongoing erosion control project that required them to fill in the gatekeepers in order to get their equipment in to perform the work. They’re supposed to restore the gatekeepers once the work is complete. It’s a several year project.
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I figured it would be a mess up there with the latest round of fires. Which end do you normally start at? I've only started at the northeast trailhead and go south. Never have taken Concow road to Philbrook Res. I go up past Magalia and go in that way.